Salon.com News | FBI reportedly has anthrax suspect WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI reportedly has a chief suspect in its anthrax investigation.

The Washington Times reports federal authorities are looking at a former U.S. scientist. They believe the unidentified scientist learned how to make a weapons-grade form of the deadly bacteria at a government laboratory.

The paper cites law enforcement and other sources as saying authorities are targeting the scientist after interviewing more than 300 people tied to the government’s anthrax program.